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Uniqlo Japan will give workers the option of three-day weekends

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A customer browses clothing at a Uniqlo store, operated by Fast Retailing Co., in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Fast Retailing, Asia's largest clothing retailer, is scheduled to announce earnings on April 9. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Would you embrace the four day workweek? (Picture: Getty)

Are we all working in the wrong place?

Maybe.

Fast Retailing, the parent company of Uniqlo, J Brand, and Theory have announced that they’ll be trialling the much-dreamed of four day work week, starting with their stores in Japan.

Around 10,000 employees in Uniqlo stores across Japan will be offered the option of working a four day week, starting in October.

They’ll have to work 10 hour days instead of the standard eight, but will have the benefit of a… Read the full story


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